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Dikir Farmasi: folk songs for health education

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posted on 2023-05-18, 19:46 authored by Bahri, S, Lee, KS, Adenan, MA, Murugiah, MK, Khan, TM, Neoh, CF, Long, CM
In an effort to enhance public awareness, we develop Dikir Farmasi as an innovative approach to deliver health information. Dikir Farmasi combines the elements of dikir barat (a type of traditional folk song rhythm) and traditional sketches which are popular in the state of Kelantan, Malaysia. These sketches and dikir barat rhythmic songs, with lyrics touch on issues such as drug abuse and regulation are presented in an entertaining and humorous way. Health promotion messages are disseminated using Dikir Farmasi in the form of compact disks, video compact disks, stage performance, exhibition, social media, printed media (signboard, brochure and flyer).

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Publication title

Arts & Health

Volume

8

Pagination

272-278

ISSN

1753-3015

Department/School

School of Psychological Sciences

Publisher

Routledge

Place of publication

United Kingdom

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© 2016 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Health education and promotion

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